I got home, made my way to my favorite wholesale street and bought my bags for those puzzles without good packaging. Then promptly left for a conference. This puzzle was in my initial carry along, but when I did the packing it didn't make the cut.
While in NZ I met with fellow puzzler Paul Dudding. As I was dipping into his bag I pulled this puzzle out. I fiddled for a bit but something else caught my eye and I handed the puzzle over to my research partner and best bud Mr. B. now he's not a puzzler so this really wasn't a nice thing for me to do. But I'll give him credit. He played around for about twenty minutes before giving up again.
When I got back home I spent a night playing with all these packing puzzles I purchased and this was but one I pulled out of the pile. Now I like my version better than Paul's. His was wooden. Mine is acrylic. Smoother edges and less danger of slivers.
It's a nice little puzzle because there is more than one challenge and because you need to think a bit to solve it. There are four challenges on the instruction sheet provided.
Me? I started with what appears to be the easiest make 4 triangles. Yep. That was easy. It took just a few minutes. Next...a few more minutes to make 3 triangles. The last two puzzles? I lost patience and the movie Matt put on was actually good for a change. I got lost in 'Love and Other Drugs' and forgot about puzzling.
As Mr. B. was playing with this puzzle he said it would be a great one for Mr. Kok who came along on the trip with us (different presentation) That got me thinking. Now I've got to go get a few of these made for some math teachers I know. Yep. It's a good un. Worth the pittance I paid for it. Worth the price to get more.
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